Overview

The Military Aspects of Weather template is for importing and analyzing weather data and identifying the anticipated effects of current conditions and forecast weather on potential operational activities.

This template illustrates how to:

Utilize scheduled tasks to download data using batch files.

Import and analyze weather station data from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).

Identify the effects of current conditions and weather forecasts on operational activities.

Raster function to display the impact of cloud ceiling values on tactical airlifts.

TacticalAirliftVisibility.rft.xml

Raster function to display the impact of visibility values on tactical airlifts.

Scripts

DataDownload.txt

Log file for data download scripts.

DeleteOldFiles.py

Python script for deleting old files.

GustWindSpeedFromUV.py

Python script used by the ExtractGust raster function.

HeatIndex.py

Python script used by the DeriveHeatIndex raster function.

NAMDownload.py

Python script used to download NAM data from the NOAA website.

NAMDownloadBatch.bat

Batch file for running the NAMDownload.py script from task scheduler.

SaveWMOData.py

Used by the Import WMO Station Data tool when importing the WMO station climate data .

WindChillNonUV.py

Python script used by the DeriveWindChillNonUV raster function.

WindChillUV.py

Python script used by the DeriveWindChillUV raster function.

WindDirectionFromUV.py

Python script used by the WindDirectionFromUV raster function.

WindSpeedFromUV.py

Python script used by the OpImpact wind speed raster functions.

Tools

ccconstant

A raster of constant value used within the cloud ceiling raster functions.

MST_Install

Folder contains all the extracted parts of the Multidimensional Supplemental Tools downloaded from here.

MultidimensionalSupplementalTools

Folder contains all the tools of the Multidimensional Supplemental Tools downloaded from here.

scratch

Folder contains the scratch database and associated files used within the preparation of the climate data.

MAOWTools.tbx

MAOW toolbox containing the Import_WMO_Data toolset.

OperationalThresholds.xlsx

Table of all the operational thresholds used within the OpImpact raster functions.

What's new

Below are the release notes for Military Aspects of Weather. If you need support, please contact Esri Support Services. If you'd like to get help from others in the military and intelligence community, post your questions on GeoNet.

Version

Description

2.0.0

The Military Aspects of Weather template is considerably more automated than its predecessor.

The template uses raster functions to process data on the fly, rather than creating individual raster datasets for each variable and time.

Thresholds for operational impacts are held and maintained within the raster function, rather than in a central table.

Support for ArcMap 10.3.

Known Issues

Test data within the zip file may become corrupt in transit. A work around is to download the new up-to-date data using the provided python script and the data links.

The time slider must be turned on when the OperationalWeather.mxd is opened or the map display will be empty. This is due to the map layers being time enabled.

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